Road Tripping With Tiaras
Barbies, princesses, and the colour pink: these are all topics that I have wrung my hands over again and again until they were raw and needed to be encased in totally unironic evening gloves. But I chilled my concerns about all things pink and princess-y when I realized how much these things inspired my daughter's [...]
Bad Moms Love Lost, But Totally Don’t Know What The Hell Is Going On, OMG
I've been sick. Like, Island-infection-dip-me-in-the-Temple-hot-tub sick. So sick that I've barely been able to raise my head to slurp my Benylin DM, but not so sick that I couldn't watch Lost. And I'll say this: Lost makes a little more sense when you're hopped up on meds. Not enough to be comprehensible, but still. Every [...]
Hyper Parents And Helicopter Parents And Curler Parents, Oh My
I think that the most interesting thing about the trailer for the upcoming CBC documentary on hyper parenting (watch it after the jump) was the news that in some places 'helicopter' parents are referred to as 'curler' parents (as in curling, the winter sport; as in, presumably, 'sweeping away all obstacles so that one's giant [...]
Bad Moms Like Morphine
One half of our team is in hospital this morning with some kind of mysterious something something requiring tests and, also, morphine. Which really, really sucks, and the other half of the team is really, really worried, but also appreciative of the fact that, hey, morphine. And bed rest. And little cups of jello… So [...]
If You Liked It Then You Shoulda Put A Sling On It
My first baby hated slings. HATED them. Slings, Baby Bjorns, carriers: if it strapped her against me, she didn't want to have anything to do with it. My second baby? LOVED the sling. My back still hurts from all the sling-loving. It probably would have hurt more if I'd been doing this sort of thing:
Festivus: Something For The Rest Of Us (Or, Oh Crap, Is It That Time Of Year Again?)
Confession: I'm incredibly disorganized at the holidays, specifically the ones that hit in December. At this point my Christmas and Festivus cards aren't sent (or even purchased), gifts — even for those who live far away and require one month mailing windows — haven't been selected, oh hell, I don't even know who I'm buying [...]
Baby-Planners Are The New Purple-Polka-Dotted Silver Mesh
According to the Huffington Post, baby planners – a prenatal version of the sort of manic organizational consultant that is hired to plan weddings – are the latest thing for mothers-to-be. After all, why prepare for baby on your own when you can delegate? Here's why:
This Just In: Overparenting Is The New Bad
The good news: the world seems to be to be finally waking up to the fact that overparenting – the hovering, fussing, toddler SAT-tutoring, oh-god-will-giving-my-kid-formula-bork-his-Harvard-chances mode of hyperparenting that, seriously, just sounds exhausting – is maybe, you know, not so good if we want to raise relaxed and happy children. The bad news? There's a [...]
